Whitehall Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Bristol, Bristol, City of

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.33 miles

Published by Bristol City Council · offers on 16 April 2026

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Whitehall Primary School is a primary school in Bristol, Bristol, City of for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Bristol, City of has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.

Whitehall Primary School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.33 mi
Reception 2025	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2024	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2023	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2022	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2021	🔒 With a pass
Reception 2020	🔒 With a pass

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Reception 2026 had 129 first-choice applications for 90 offers, which is 1.4 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 93 Bristol primary schools.
For Reception 2026, 90 offers went to first-choice families, and 39 first-choice families were not offered a place.
For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.33 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 26 Bristol primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.85 miles).
In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bristol, City of schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Johnsons Lane, Whitehall, Bristol, BS5 9AT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–11
Council: Bristol, City of
Pupils on roll: 602 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23.1% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 19 March 2024

Strengths

“Whitehall Primary School works tirelessly and sensitively to integrate pupils and families from different faiths, cultures and backgrounds into school life.”
“Staff know pupils’ individual needs well.”
“As a result, pupils feel safe, secure and well cared for.”

To improve

“However, systems for checking how well pupils learn in some wider curriculum subjects have not been fully established.”
“This means the school is not sure where gaps in knowledge are.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	52%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 129 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 90 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Bristol, City of.

E-ACT Bannerman Road Community Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
Redfield Educate Together Primary Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
May Park Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
Summerhill Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
Summerhill Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Evergreen Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Easton CofE Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published